United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Saturday, April 17, 1937
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 17, 1937
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1938
Special Agent Baker was shot and killed in the main U.S. Post Office in Topeka, Kansas. He and another agent were conducting surveillance of the post office when their target, a suspected bank robber, entered. As they attempted to arrest the suspect, the man and an accomplice opened fire, fatally wounding Agent Baker. The men were arrested later that night in Nebraska. Both men were convicted of the murder and sentenced to death. They were both hung at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary on August 12, 1938.
Agent Baker had only been with the agency for one year.